aluminothermyn.
/əˈluːmᵻnəʊˌθəːmi/, /əˈljuːmᵻnəʊˌθəːmi/, U.S. /əˈlumənəˌθərmi/ Metallurgy.
The production of high temperatures by the use of aluminium powder as a reducing agent, esp. in a reaction with ferric oxide (cf. thermite n.); reaction of aluminium in this way, with the liberation of heat.
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redintegrationa1550
decoction1555
fixion1555
cementation1592
fumigation1617
spiritualization1651
retortion1657
rocking1673
phosphorizationa1687
concentration1689
humectation1706
animalization1733
hyperoxygenation1793
bituminization1804
assimilation1830
metamorphosis1843
transformation1857
retorting1858
tincturation1860
regeneration1869
nitrification1880
diagenesis1886
aluminothermy1900
aluminothermics1902
photoprocess1910
olation1931
mass transfer1937
reconcentration1956
tritiation1961
borohydride reduction1965
1900 Engin. Mag. Aug. 755/2 An important new industry, to which the name ‘Aluminothermie’ has been given.
1901 Chem. News 17 May 230/2 After heating the mass to dull redness the reaction is started as in the case of the aluminothermy of metals, by means of a small cartridge formed of magnesium and binoxide of barium.
1958 A. D. Merriman Dict. Metall. 8/2 Aluminothermy..is used for welding certain articles in situ.
1992 C. K. Gupta Extractive Metall. Molybdenum iv. 329 The extractive metallurgy of molybdenum certainly seems to have gained substantially from such an elegant metallurgical process as aluminothermy.
2007 A. López-Delgado et al. in L. G. Mason Focus Hazardous Materials Res. i. 1 Aluminium dust from the aluminium remelting industry is a hazardous residue because of its..potential aluminothermy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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